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Gadkari out; Rajnath back as BJP chief

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Sinha's decision to seek a nomination form and his success in finding as many as 20 backers made it evident to RSS bosses that the bid to name Gadkari for a second term was not going to be bloodless. It became apparent that Gadkari lacks any significant support in BJP. Gadkari's benching is seen as a personal setback to RSS chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat, who continued to back his chosen one from Nagpur despite the near-total belief in party circles that persisting with the Mahrashtra politician would hurt the party.

The BJP parliamentary board endorsed Rajnath Singh's name as the party's next president. Rajnath Singh, who will file his nomination papers in a shortwhile from now, is likely to be elected unopposed. (PTI)

A resolution in favour of Rajnath Singh was proposed by senior leader LK Advani and was unanimously supported by all parliamentary board members including outgoing president Gadkari, BJP leader Ananth Kumar said. (PTI)

After rapid and dramatic developments, BJP junked Nitin Gadkari as its presidential nominee and instead zeroed in on former party chief and UP leader Rajnath Singh to lead the party in the run up to the 2014 elections. (PTI)

The U turn was forced by an in-house revolt triggered by fears that the controversy over the business dealings of Gadkari-linked Purti Group will continue to hemorrhage the party at a time when its battle with Congress seems set to escalate, with corruption being one of the combat themes. (BCCL)

It was a dramatic anti-climax for GAdkari, considering that he had looked set to be re-nominated on Tuesday morning. The script began to unravel since morning as news of income tax visits on businesses that invested in Purti was followed by senior leader Yashwant Sinha threatening to contest against Gadkari. (BCCL)

Sinha's decision to seek a nomination form and his success in finding as many as 20 backers made it evident to RSS bosses that the bid to name Gadkari for a second term was not going to be bloodless. It became apparent that Gadkari lacks any significant support in BJP.
Gadkari's benching is seen as a personal setback to RSS chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat, who continued to back his chosen one from Nagpur despite the near-total belief in party circles that persisting with the Mahrashtra politician would hurt the party. (BCCL)